JEFFERSON CITY – The Best Christian Workplaces Institute (BCWI), a research-based consulting firm, has announced that the Baptist Homes & Healthcare Ministries (BHHM) corporate office has been certified as a 2024 Best Christian Workplace. To achieve certification, organizations must complete the Best Christian Workplaces Institute employee engagement survey and meet predetermined standards of excellence. Employees of BHHM’s corporate and regional staff answered more than fifty … [Read more...]
MBC Executive Director to be featured speaker at Midwest March for Life, May 1
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist leaders will be featured during the 2024 Midwest March for Life on May 1. Among keynote speakers at the event are Wes Fowler, executive director of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC); Brandy Meeks, president of the Vitae Foundation and a member of the MBC’s Christian Life Commission; and Susan Klein, executive director of Missouri Right to Life and Missouri Baptist pastor's wife (Her husband, Dusty, is pastor of Cedar Grove Baptist Church, Holts … [Read more...]
FBC Sedalia to host conference on biblical manhood, April 26-28
SEDALIA – First Baptist Church here is hosting a conference on biblical manhood, April 26-28. "One of the great tragedies of our day is the weakening of manhood," Jeremiah Greever, pastor of First Baptist, Sedalia, said. "Biblical manhood is an essential component of God’s design for thriving in the family, church, and community. To help encourage and equip men in their calling, First Baptist Church of Sedalia will be hosting Dr. Owen Strachan on April 26-28 for the conference, 'What is … [Read more...]
‘Engage’ conference to be held in Hamilton, April 30
HAMILTON – The Heartland Baptist Association is hosting the “Engage Christian Worldview Conference,” April 30, in Hamilton, Mo. The “Engage” conference is co-sponsored also by the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) Christian Life Commission. Keynote speakers include MBC President Chris Williams, pastor of Fellowship Church, Greenwood, and MBC legislative liaison Timothy Faber, Director of Missions with the Lake of the Ozarks Baptist Association. Pastor Dave Nixdorf of River of Life … [Read more...]
Resound Network offers summer training opportunities
JEFFERSON CITY – With more than 80 percent of churches plateaued or declining, every minister will find themselves in a church revitalization scenario at some point in their ministry. But training opportunities offered this summer by the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Resound Network can equip church leaders to face this scenario. The Resound Network is offering a “Revitalize and Replant Cohort” that, according to the network’s website, “provides the opportunity for equipping and … [Read more...]
Audible version of ‘The Return of Jesus’ now available
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention’s publishing imprint, High Street Press, has just released an audio version of its printed resource, What Every Christian Should Know about the Return of Jesus. Published in 2023 in print and e-book editions, the 500-page resource is now available through Audible, the premiere audiobook platform that may be accessed at Audible.com. Written by the MBC’s Rob Phillips, The Return of Jesus focuses on truths about Christ’s second coming that are … [Read more...]
Sight & Sound TV to stream ‘Jesus’ for free on Easter weekend
BRANSON – The greatest rescue story of all time comes to life in a free streaming event on Easter weekend. Sight & Sound TV has announced that JESUS will be streamed, at no cost, to screens in your home for three days, from Good Friday, March 29, through Easter Sunday, March 31. Filmed in front of a live audience, this state-of-the-art theatrical production has been experienced by more than five million people worldwide. From the bustling streets of Jerusalem to the raging Sea of … [Read more...]
High Street Press releases posthumous book by Gene Austin, late MBC collegiate leader
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention, through its High Street Press imprint, has released a new resource for personal or group study titled Spirit Sailing: A Modern-day Parable of Co-Laboring with God. Author Gene Austin, long-time director of the MBC’s collegiate ministries, succumbed to cancer in May of 2023, with a final draft of the manuscript unfinished. He had labored for years with the idea of a book, and eagerly sought coaching and editing to get his modern-day parable … [Read more...]
Hedger to step aside as MBC multiplying churches director, begin ministry with Ridgecrest, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD – Rick Hedger, longtime director of the Multiplying Churches group of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC), is following the Lord’s call to a new church-planting ministry through Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Springfield. Hedger and his wife, Sandee, begin their new assignment March 10, starting multiple churches in the greater Springfield area over the next five years, as well as involving Ridgecrest members in global mission opportunities. Hedger’s final days with the MBC are … [Read more...]
Christian teacher in Kansas City fired for biblical convictions
In lawsuit, former teacher tells court she lost her job for refusing to use pronouns contrary to students' biological sex KANSAS CITY – A Christian teacher claims she lost her job at a Kansas City public school because she followed her biblical convictions by refusing to use pronouns contrary to her students’ biological sex. Geri Bachman, who taught at Smith-Hale Middle School in the Hickman Mills School District, has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District … [Read more...]
Barna: U.S. deeply fragmented, national survey shows; ‘future hinges on spiritual renewal, not politics’
Barna: Foundational beliefs of Americans are so fragmented that the nation is 'presently incapable of developing a united perspective on who America is and how we will move forward' 'Placing the burden of uniting a country so divided on the shoulders of a president or political party is unrealistic' by Cultural Resource Center GLENDALE, Ariz. (CRC) – Many Americans hope the next president will unite our divided nation. A new survey conducted by the Cultural Research Center at Arizona … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptists generously give to state missions
JEFFERSON CITY – For the second straight year, Missouri Baptists gave more than $900,000 to state missions through the Rheubin L. South Missouri Missions Offering (MMO), continuing a decade-long trend of rising financial support to statewide projects ranging from foster care to prison ministry. MMO receipts in 2023, which are disbursed in 2024, totaled $926,010, far outpacing the goal of $750,000. Further, 2023 marked the 11th straight year of MMO receipts above $700,000. The number of … [Read more...]
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